After you have installed Microsoft Office on your computer successfully, it will appear in the Start menu. In this way, you can access the utilities included in Office easily. However, some people complained the shortcuts are missing from the Start Menu all app list. Can this be fixed? Please read the following content to find out.
In general, the Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, etc.) can be accessed easily from the Start menu.
- You can click on the Start button in the lower left corner of your PC screen.
- You can also press Start button on the keyboard to bring up the menu.
Yet, accidents could happen at any time. For instance, there are many people saying they found Microsoft Office icon missing from Start Menu. (Please resort to MiniTool if you have any disk/data problems.)
What happens when Microsoft Office shortcuts were missing? More importantly, how to fix when you find Microsoft icons missing Windows 10? Don’t worry; the following content will cover these things for you.
Microsoft Office Missing from Start Menu Windows 10
In fact, there are many reasons that could make the Microsoft Office disappeared from Windows 10. For instance, there’s a famous cause of Office icons missing in earlier Windows 10 build versions: there are more than 512 apps included in the Start menu app list.
That is to say, you need to control the number of apps if you’re using the earlier versions of Windows 10; otherwise, you may run into the Office shortcuts missing issue.
How to check the number of apps on your PC?
- Click on the search icon/textbox on the taskbar. (How to deal with Windows 10 taskbar not working?)
- Type powershell.
- Select Windows PowerShell App from the search result.
- Type Get-StartApps | measure and press Enter on the keyboard.
- Wait for the account process to finish.
If the result shows that there are too many apps on your computer, you should uninstall the unnecessary programs or the not commonly used ones.
How to uninstall superfluous applications:
- Press Start + I buttons shortcut to open Windows Settings window.
- Select Apps (Uninstall, defaults, optional features) from the list.
- Apps & features will be selected by defaulted. Just keep it unchanged.
- Browse the applications installed on your PC in the right panel.
- Select the one you don’t need.
- Click on the Uninstall button which appears after step 5.
- Wait for the uninstallation to complete.
- Repeat step 5 to step 7 to uninstall more apps.
How to Fix Shortcut Icons Missing
People will ask for help online when they find Microsoft Office icons not showing correctly on Windows 10. In order to help solve the problem, I summarized the following practical Methods.
Method one: pin to Start through Windows search.
- Click on the search icon/textbox.
- Type the application name (such as Word and Excel).
- Right click on Word from the search result (here is Microsoft Word 2010).
- Select Pin to Start from the context menu.
- Please restart your computer for the changes to take effect.
How to recover a lost Word document?
Method two: reset the Office app.
- Click on the Start button and click on the Settings icon (looks like a gear).
- Select Apps.
- Select Apps & features.
- Look for Office from the apps list in the right panel; then, select it.
- Click on the Advanced options link.
- Go to the Reset area.
- Click on the Repair/Reset button and wait.
Method three: repair Office.
- Open Control Panel.
- Choose to view by Small icons/Large icons.
- Click Programs and Features.
- Select Microsoft Office under Uninstall or change a program area.
- Click on the Change button to bring up the installation wizard.
- Select Repair and follow the instructions to complete the process.
Other ways to fix Microsoft Office icon missing problem:
- Run Start menu Troubleshooter.
- Pin the Office Program to the taskbar.
- Restore missing icons inside the Microsoft Office programs.
- Clearing the icon cache.
- …
Please be careful when using the program in order to avoid Microsoft Office missing from start menu.